Prior to his recent promotion, Eley had served as the company's northern
european sales director after having been sales manager in the United Kingdom
and Ireland.stsystems.

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Separately, the
company announced the recent promotion of Martyn Eley to the position of
senior vice president and general manager for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East
and Africa) region. webMethods combines
industry leadership with a zealous commitment to customers to deliver tangible
business value to more than 1,300 global customers., with offices throughout the U.

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STS serves a
range of applications outside the "mainstream" semiconductor market in several
emerging sectors within the telecommunications, information technology and new
MEMS and Nanotechnology applications.

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(Nasdaq: WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software
company, today announced the appointment of Andy Wilkinson to serve as the
company's general manager for the Asia Pacific/Japan region."
A native New Zealander, Wilkinson will direct webMethods' Asia
Pacific/Japan operations from the company's Singapore offices. Previously,
Wilkinson served as Peregrine Systems' vice president and general manager for
Asia Pacific with responsibilities for territories including Japan, ASEAN,
India, Australia and New Zealand.webMethods.

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webMethods Names Andy Wilkinson as General Manager for the Asia Pacific/Japan Region

"This new office dedicated to our Asian customers is part of STS' ongoing
commitment to improving customer service," commented Matsuo Makuda, Vice
Chairman of STS.

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"With
their impressive track records, I'm confident that Martyn and Andy's
appointment to lead our EMEA and Asia Pacific/Japan regions will only enhance
these ongoing efforts. More information about the company can be found at
http://www."

Singapore office location and contact details:

Ian Wright
Surface Technology Systems Pty Ltd
6 Clementi Loop
Singapore 129814
Tel/Fax: +65 64645256
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Our
close locality to customers and improved response time is leading to ever
closer links, which is beneficial to all parties.

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Eley has more than 25 years of experience in the IT sector ,
including previous positions with Hewlett-Packard and Sequent Computer
Systems, and more recently as Vignette's vice president for Northern Europe. Heading the new office is Ian Wright, Director of Asia Business
Development.

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Joins Martyn Eley in Leading the Company's Overseas Operations

FAIRFAX, Va.

About webMethods, Inc. All other marks
mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Surface Technology Systems Expands Asia Presence with New Singapore Office

The
Group currently markets in over 30 countries and has an installed base of over
750 systems.

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, Europe, Asia
Pacific and Japan.
STS is the market leader in deep silicon etching for the growing MEMS
market, offering patent-protected technology.

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wright@stsystems .com

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com.
The Singapore office will provide local sales and service support to
customers and STS agents throughout Asia and Australasia, including Singapore,
Australia, China, Hong Kong , India, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and
Thailand. For more information about STS please see
http://www.

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, webMethods, Inc. webMethods delivers an innovative, enterprise-class business
integration platform that incorporates proven integration technology with next
generation capabilities into one interoperable set of tools that delivers a
unique combination of efficiency, agility and control . In addition, STS has a strong
presence in each of its other served markets and distributes its process
solutions worldwide through an experienced sales and service operation.

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webMethods (Nasdaq: WEBM) provides business integration software to
integrate, assemble and optimize available IT assets to drive business process
productivity.
in the United States of America and certain other countries.

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webMethods is
headquartered in Fairfax, Va. Dedicated Regional Support Team Reinforces Commitment to Asia Semiconductor
Market

CARDIFF, United Kingdom, Surface
Technology Systems plc (STS) (FTSE: SRTS), a leader in silicon etching within
the growing MEMS and plasma process technologies markets, reinforced its
commitment to the Asian semiconductor manufacturing market today by officially
opening the doors to a new, dedicated sales office in Singapore . Our
current customers have already welcomed the new regional capabilities.uk

About Surface Technology Systems plc
STS designs and manufactures a range of highly specialized systems
incorporating innovative technology used in the production of semiconductors
and semiconductor-related devices and is a leader in plasma based etch and
deposition technologies for processing semiconductor materials .

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Both executives will report directly to Richard P.
"The EMEA and Asia Pacific/Japan regions continue to be a key focus for
us, both in terms of market growth and leadership," said Chiarello .

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Earlier in his career, Wilkinson served as
the chief operating officer for Advantage Group, a publicly -traded provider of
e-commerce and payment solutions, and with Lotus Asia Pacific and IBM Software
Group.

The webMethods name and logo are registered trademarks of webMethods, Inc. Mr.

Wright, who relocated from the UK headquarters to oversee
this new operation, leads a team of experienced sales and service staff who
have served STS customers in the region for many years.

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Chiarello , webMethods' executive vice president of worldwide operations, and
will further bolster webMethods ' leadership in their respective regions. "We recognize how vital Asia is to the entire semiconductor
market and see the region playing an even greater role in the future.